Here are two, very different Canadian books I've been
reading recently on motivation to do something about the shocking,
heartrending state of our environment, both of which I heartily
recommend.
First, Franke James' lively book of drawings,
photos and lettering, Bothered by my Green Conscience, or
"How an SUV driving, imported strawberry eating urban dweller
can go green". This is a fast, breezy, but thought-provoking
true story about listening to her own conscience about
environmental destruction, and what she did about it. It's
available from that excellent resource, New Society
Publishers.
Second, Andrew Nikiforuk's dark, insightful and
disturbing book, The Energy of Slaves, Oil and The New
Servitude, published by Greystone Books. Nikiforuk argues
powerfully and persuasively that:
